Conquistar el mundo

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Javier Etchevarren  

Mi padre quiso

conquistar el mundo

con sus brazos largos, gruesos y fuertes.

Mi padre es capaz

de aupar a su hijo mayor

con el brazo derecho

y a la misma vez

aupar a su hijo mediano

con el brazo izquierdo.

Mi padre nunca

pudo ni podrá

aupar a su hijo

más pequeño.

Mi padre nunca

pudo ni podrá

conquistar el mundo.

To Conquer the World

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translated by Jesse Lee Kercheval

My father wanted

to conquer the world

with his long, thick, strong arms.

My father is able

to lift his eldest son

with his right arm

and at the same time

lift his middle son

with his left arm.

My father never

could and never will

lift up his smallest

son.

My father never

could and never will

conquer the world.

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